How to Make a Valentine You Can Eat
Yesterday we decided to combine two of our favorite things about Valentines: paper + cake (singing along to sappy love songs is also on that list).
We stopped by a local bakery and asked if they had any wafer paper. They did. We’d never tasted it plain before so we all snipped of a slice. It tasted like, um, paper.
When we got home we poured out a little food coloring. I dug out my calligraphy pen…
and the kids ran for their paintbrushes.
We made and frosted some cakes (we baked them in ramekins
a bit, and found ourselves with
three edible Valentines.
I think my 4-year-old’s turned out to be my favorite.
Stop by tomorrow to see what we came up with to display them on.
UPDATE: Since this was our first time every playing with rice paper, I thought I’d add a few extra words of advice from here: “In order to make the rice paper stick to the cake…, you need to use some clear gel.” (Note, I didn’t use anything! I just stuck the paper right on the frosting.) “Carefully cover the bottom (the rough side) of the paper evenly with a layer of clear, edible gel. Then, turn the rice paper over and position it on top of the iced cake. …The rice paper should disintegrate after a short time of being on top of the cake, but even if it doesn’t completely disappear, don’t worry! It is completely tasteless and odorless, so it won’t be detected.”
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February 2nd, 2010 at 10:23 am
That is TOO cool. I love them all and what lovely pieces of joy this would bring to grandparents or parents. Lovely.
One year we made a gingerbread house, but didn’t have a pedastal to display it on. So, I turned over a green clay bowl and used stick tape to adhere a plate to the top of it. Viola. Plate + bowl + tape = pedastal.
February 2nd, 2010 at 10:35 am
oh, i LOVE it! can’t wait to see what you display them on. what do you use to have the paper stick?
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:07 am
What a great idea! How much did the wafer paper cost?
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:21 am
the food coloring calligraphy is a great idea!
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:40 am
so cute, I just want to gobble them up!
February 2nd, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Love this idea!!! i had to twitter it and will link it on my blog for V-Day…
February 2nd, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Hi Shanti! i just placed the paper right on the icing and it stuck. when i put the cakes in the fridge overnight i did wrap the whole thing in cling wrap. I was afraid it would peel up.
Hi SamanthaLee! I think the baker just made up the price right there. She went in the back room and pulled out a few from her own supply for baking and charged me 50 cents each for an 8.5 by 11. not too bad, right?
February 2nd, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Love this! Saw on Tastespotting and had to click. This sure beats those minimalist conversation hearts that simply say “be mine.”
cute cute cute!
~Kathy, health-happy-life.com
February 2nd, 2010 at 2:40 pm
This is the greatest thing I have ever seen. I cannot get over how great this is. My boyfriend is a tattoo artist and I can only imagine how easy it would be for him to paint great things on rice paper! Thank you so much for such a beautiful idea!
February 2nd, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Wow!!
February 2nd, 2010 at 4:15 pm
How cute! I love this idea:o)
February 2nd, 2010 at 4:29 pm
cute idea, but check this out – this takes the idea to another level!
http://www.ticings.com
February 2nd, 2010 at 6:09 pm
These are FANTASTIC! Love ‘em.
February 2nd, 2010 at 6:24 pm
This is so creative! Absolutely love this!
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:25 pm
Wow! That’s beautiful!
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:17 am
I love this idea! Thank you so much for sharing.
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:42 am
This is SO unique, I love it!! Thanks for the inspiration and tutorial! :)
February 3rd, 2010 at 7:07 am
Great idea! You really made 3 beautiful cakes! Thanks for the tips and tricks.
See you soon
Dani
February 3rd, 2010 at 7:23 am
Hi! what is wafer paper, and do you know if i can get it in Norway ? How do you do after applying on the cake ? do you bake it with the paper on or do you like press it on ?
February 3rd, 2010 at 7:55 am
so creative! And very beautiful :)
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:40 am
This is soooo romantic! It would be hard to eat because it’s just too pretty.
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:30 am
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February 3rd, 2010 at 12:54 pm
What a great idea! The final outcome is really beautiful.
February 4th, 2010 at 9:41 am
wow!!! that looks sooo beautiful!!! what a lovely idea!
February 4th, 2010 at 9:53 am
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February 4th, 2010 at 10:10 am
Amber I LOVE this!!! I’m going to link to this idea in the upcoming week. What a great way to write a LOVE note! ;) I love it.
February 4th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
What a fabulour idea. Thank yo so much for sharing it with the rest of us. I am sure it is going to be popular. I love and will sure use it in the future.
February 4th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Thanks, Shelly–almost as good as writing in the shower, but not quite!
February 6th, 2010 at 7:39 am
this is the QTesttt!
February 7th, 2010 at 11:24 am
you always have the COOLEST ideas. Love this one too.
February 7th, 2010 at 11:34 am
This is so amazing! I love it!
February 7th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Great tutorial and I love the idea of writing on the paper.
I paint straight onto the cake (covered in fondant). Check out this post for my most recent one.
http://amelieshouse.blogspot.com/2010/01/we-like-marching.html
February 7th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
Oh my…I absolutely love this idea! This reminds me of a painting I did for my girls where I painted the words to You are my sunshine on the background and painted a fairy in front. I love this…you come up with the best ideas! Thanks
February 8th, 2010 at 10:06 am
That is such a great idea and it looks wonderful! I’ve had a stack of wafer paper in my pantry for a while waiting for inspiration. I’m going to make little cakes for my sisters and decorate them with poems. So cute! Thank you for sharing.
February 9th, 2010 at 11:09 am
This is so sweet. I love the kids’ paintings.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
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February 20th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Genius!!!
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